But why would he go out and tell all his students that he was a Slytherin? That’s effectively admitting that he’s an impostor.
(Unless, of course, it is a purely constructed identity. In which case even the records about his time at Hogwarts would’ve had to be fabricated. In which case… Why would he pick Ravenclaw rather than Slytherin?)
I am noticeably confused. I think the simplest explanation for this mixup about Quirrel’s house is that EY forgot that he’d said he was in Slytherin earlier.
But why would he go out and tell all his students that he was a Slytherin? That’s effectively admitting that he’s an impostor.
(Unless, of course, it is a purely constructed identity. In which case even the records about his time at Hogwarts would’ve had to be fabricated. In which case… Why would he pick Ravenclaw rather than Slytherin?)
I am noticeably confused. I think the simplest explanation for this mixup about Quirrel’s house is that EY forgot that he’d said he was in Slytherin earlier.